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so that we can focus on growing our economy and our middle class for the long run. it includes many ideas republicans have said they could accept as well. it's a way we can make progress together. >> republican house speaker john boehner, seen here with the president last november, says the president's budget appears to have only, quote, modest entitlement savings, and won't make social security and other programs more fiscally solvent. he also says the gop has already given in to what the president wanted at the end of last year, saying, quote, the president got his tax hikes on the wealthy with no corresponding spending cuts. at some point we need to solve our spending problem and what the president has offered would leave with us a budget that never balances and at least one senator on the democratic side has voiced some concerns about the cuts to social security. after the president unveiled his budget details on wednesday, he'll host about 12 republican senators at the white house for dinner that night. he's been doing these meals on and off to try to win over
so that we can focus on growing our economy and our middle class for the long run. it includes many ideas republicans have said they could accept as well. it's a way we can make progress together. >> republican house speaker john boehner, seen here with the president last november, says the president's budget appears to have only, quote, modest entitlement savings, and won't make social security and other programs more fiscally solvent. he also says the gop has already given in to what...
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the economy is strong. we're going to have more business and more economic abbictivity and as a result mor money going into the government in the form of tax revenue. if we don't have that, we're forced to print money to pay for entitlements and the expenditures. and it's important for not only the united states, but around the world. so this week was bad, but where is it going? >> well, that's a great question. you said, you gave a statistic that's spot on. just 125,000 jobs needed to keep pace with, you know, from the number of people entering the work force or the birth rate in terms of how many jobs we need, but we really need 300,000 jobs a month for at least a year to get us healthy. so if you look at 88,000, that's really, if this was a score in class or in some university, that test would get a 29. we failed miserably. and you know, what are we going to need to do to turn it around? a lot of things. the reason that people aren't hiring. the number one reason the surveys say is because of obamacare a
the economy is strong. we're going to have more business and more economic abbictivity and as a result mor money going into the government in the form of tax revenue. if we don't have that, we're forced to print money to pay for entitlements and the expenditures. and it's important for not only the united states, but around the world. so this week was bad, but where is it going? >> well, that's a great question. you said, you gave a statistic that's spot on. just 125,000 jobs needed to...
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steve forbes joins me now on his take for what it means in the economy. things were looking good, the stock market was soaring and looked like the housing market was beginning to recovery, and we thought the economic recovery was taking off and then this, what happened? >> what happened is, the tax increases that were enacted in january are finallyy starting to slow the economy down. you have the continuing drag of the uncertainty of the moom moth regulations coming with obama care. people don't know what the cost of their labor is going to be when they hire somebody . every small business knows if they reach the 50 thres hold of 50 employees, they will have enormous increases in terms of hiring people and they are ramping down instead of expanding. you will get hit with a lot of news and put that together. no surprize this thing is starting to slow gan. >> the white house said it is a self-inflicted wound and pointing to the pay roll tax increase that was part of the fiscal deal in january and pointing to the sequester, are they right to point to the seq
steve forbes joins me now on his take for what it means in the economy. things were looking good, the stock market was soaring and looked like the housing market was beginning to recovery, and we thought the economic recovery was taking off and then this, what happened? >> what happened is, the tax increases that were enacted in january are finallyy starting to slow the economy down. you have the continuing drag of the uncertainty of the moom moth regulations coming with obama care....
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the biggest issue that decided the recent elections were issues of the economy. social issues are emotional issues, issues like immigration, like abortion, like gun rights, like gay marriage, and we have a diverse party. we have a last views on the issues. of course, the base of our party are social conservative would defend the traditional notion of marriage who also believe in gun ownership and who have a very law and order view on immigration issues. overtime, we will have to decide as a party, as republicans, what is the position of the party. >>gregg: are you surprised the afl-cio and the chamber of commerce have come together on this? regardless of what the senate votes or the house of representatives votes these are two big groups that normally are at odds. >> it doesn't surprise me the chamber of commerce would come around because there is wide-spread recognition that business, both big and small, needs guest workers do do a lot of jobs that americans either can or won't do. i am somewhat surprised that the afl-cio came around with 8 percent or close to 8
the biggest issue that decided the recent elections were issues of the economy. social issues are emotional issues, issues like immigration, like abortion, like gun rights, like gay marriage, and we have a diverse party. we have a last views on the issues. of course, the base of our party are social conservative would defend the traditional notion of marriage who also believe in gun ownership and who have a very law and order view on immigration issues. overtime, we will have to decide as a...
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republicans say it would boost the economy by making energy more affordable. but the obama administration has put the project on hold because of environmental concerns. chief washington correspondent james rosen takes a closer look at the issue. >> greetings from washington. about two weeks remain in a 45-day period of public comment on the latest environmental impact study released on keystone. and then after that around mid-april the ball will be back in the obama administration's court. portions of this 875-mile pipeline are being built. but portions have been held up by the obama administration citing environmental concerns as envisioned by the trans canada corporation, the pipeline would actually be the second of two. it would bring on-line an estimated 830,000 barrels of crude oil per day. >> it has now been more than 1600 days since the initial permits were filed for building the pipeline. to put that in perspective, it took the united states a little more than 1300 days to win world ward 2, and it took lewis and clark about 1100 days to walk the louisi
republicans say it would boost the economy by making energy more affordable. but the obama administration has put the project on hold because of environmental concerns. chief washington correspondent james rosen takes a closer look at the issue. >> greetings from washington. about two weeks remain in a 45-day period of public comment on the latest environmental impact study released on keystone. and then after that around mid-april the ball will be back in the obama administration's...
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economy a shot in the arm and make energy more affordable. despite that the obama administration has held up the project citing environmental concerns. james rosen is joining us with washington with more details. james? >> heather, good afternoon, about two weeks remain in a 45-day period of public comment on the latest environmental impact study released on keystone and after that in mid april. the ball will be back in the administration's court. portions of the 175-mile pipeline are being built and portions held up by the obama administration, citing, as you say, environmental concerns. as envisioned by the trans-canada corporation the pipeline would be the second of two. the first is already pumping close to 600,000 barrels of oil a day in from canada. and the second would bring online an estimated 830,000 barrels a day. >> it's now been more than 1600 days since the initial permits were filed for building the pipeline. to put that in perspective, it took the united states a little more than 1300 days to win world war ii. and it took lewis
economy a shot in the arm and make energy more affordable. despite that the obama administration has held up the project citing environmental concerns. james rosen is joining us with washington with more details. james? >> heather, good afternoon, about two weeks remain in a 45-day period of public comment on the latest environmental impact study released on keystone and after that in mid april. the ball will be back in the administration's court. portions of the 175-mile pipeline are...